Systems and methods for power and thermal throttling of memory devices via capacity reduction
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsRobert B. Curtis, Mukund P. Khatri
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor, a cooling system configured to provide thermal control for information handling resources of the information handling system, and a memory capacity control agent embodied as a program of instructions configured to, when executed determine a capability of the cooling system for cooling memory devices of the memory system based on a configuration of the information handling system and manipulate a memory capacity of the memory system based on the capability.
Claims18
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor;
- a cooling system configured to provide thermal control for information handling resources of the information handling system;
- and
- a memory capacity control agent embodied as a program of instructions configured to, when executed:
- determine a capability of the cooling system for cooling memory devices of the memory system based on a hardware configuration of the information handling system;
- and
- in response to a determination that the capability of the cooling system is insufficient to cool the memory system when a memory capacity of the memory system is operating at a full capacity, manipulate the memory capacity of the memory system to operate at a reduced capacity, such that the cooling system is sufficient to cool the memory system when the memory capacity is operating at the reduced capacity.
A method comprising:
- determining a capability of a cooling system of an information handling system for cooling memory devices of a memory system of the information handling system based on a hardware configuration of the information handling system;
- and
- in response to a determination that the capability of the cooling system is insufficient to cool the memory system when a memory capacity of the memory system is operating at a full capacity, manipulating the memory capacity of the memory system to operate at a reduced capacity, such that the cooling system is sufficient to cool the memory system when the memory capacity is operating at the reduced capacity.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- and
- computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
- determine a capability of a cooling system of an information handling system for cooling memory devices of a memory system of the information handling system based on a hardware configuration of the information handling system;
- and
- in response to a determination that the capability of the cooling system is insufficient to cool the memory system when a memory capacity of the memory system is operating at a full capacity, manipulate the memory capacity of the memory system to operate at a reduced capacity, such that the cooling system is sufficient to cool the memory system when the memory capacity is operating at the reduced capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.